Chapter 11

Chapter 11 "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T FIND THAT UNICORN?" King Harvey's squeaky voice hurt Princess Pulverizer's ears as she stood near the castle gates, hidden behind a group of hungry people who had gathered to cheer the knights' return. The king, too, had been waiting at the gate, eager to greet his knights when they returned with a unicorn horn. But they'd returned empty-handed. "I'm sorry, sir," Humphrey apologized. "We tried, but the unicorns have disappeared." "I want a unicorn horn!" King Harvey began jumping up and down like a toddler having a tantrum. "I want one! I want one!"

第十一章“你说你找不到那只独角兽是什么意思？”哈维国王刺耳的声音刺痛了普莱泽公主的耳朵，她站在城堡大门附近，躲在一群聚集在一起为骑士们的归来欢呼的饥饿的人们后面。 国王也一直在门口等着，等他的骑士们拿着独角兽的角回来时，他迫不及待地迎接他们。 但他们空手而归。 “对不起，先生。”汉弗莱道了歉。 “我们试过了，但是独角兽消失了。” “我想要一个独角兽的角！”哈维国王开始上蹿下跳，就像小孩子发脾气一样。 “我想要一个！”我想要一个！”

Princess Pulverizer laughed so hard she snorted. Loudly. The people around her moved away quickly. No one wanted to be near anyone who laughed at King Harvey. "I know you!" King Harvey shouted as he spotted the princess. "You're that know-it-all. And... YIKES! Is that a dragon?" "Yes," Princess Pulverizer answered. "But you don't have to worry about Dribble. He's..." "You're a spy!" King Harvey declared. "Not only have you returned accompanied by a knight ready for battle, you've brought a dragon to burn down my castle." "I'm only a knight-in-training," Lucas said. "Or I used to be, before some mean kids laughed me out of Knight School." "And I don't burn down castles," Dribble insisted. "I make grilled cheese." "Bring the enemies to my quarters!" the king ordered. "I'll question them myself."

粉碎机公主笑得哼了一声。 大声。她周围的人迅速走开了。 没有人愿意靠近嘲笑哈维国王的人。 “我认识你！”哈维国王看到公主时喊道。 “你就是那个万事通。和… 呵!那是一条龙吗？”“是的。”公主回答。 “但是你不用担心运球。 他是……”“你是个间谍！”哈维国王宣布。 “你回来的时候不仅带了一个准备战斗的骑士，还带了一条龙来烧毁我的城堡。” “我只是个训练中的骑士，”卢卡斯说。 “以前是，后来一些坏孩子把我赶出了骑士学校。” “我也不烧掉城堡。” “我做烤奶酪。”“把敌人带到我的住处来！”国王命令道。 “我会亲自问他们的。”

"When we met, you seemed to know a lot about unicorns," King Harvey reminded Princess Pulverizer a few minutes later. "You must know where they are hiding." "I have no idea," Princess Pulverizer replied. The sword of truth lay still by the princess's side. She really didn't know where Fortune and his blessing had gone. "Tell me," King Harvey insisted, "or you will all spend the rest of your days in my dungeon." "Oh dear." Lucas looked as though he might cry. Princess Pulverizer didn't blame him. That sounded pretty dismal. She struggled to think of some way to make the king happy. But before she could come up with anything, there was a knock at the door. "Who goes there?" a guard demanded.

“我们见面的时候，你似乎对独角兽很了解。”几分钟后，哈维国王提醒普瓦瑞尔公主。 “你一定知道他们藏在哪里。” “我不知道。” 真理之剑静静地躺在公主身边。 她真的不知道幸运女神和他的祝福去了哪里。 “告诉我，”哈维国王坚持说，“否则你们将在我的地牢里度过余生。” “哦,亲爱的。”卢卡斯看上去好像要哭了。 粉碎机公主没有责怪他。 这听起来相当令人沮丧。 她努力想办法让国王高兴。 但她还没来得及想出什么主意，就有人敲门了。 “谁在那儿？”一个卫兵问道。

"Professor Coggin-Noggin of the Royal University. I must speak to the king about unicorns." Princess Pulverizer and her friends exchanged nervous glances. "Enter!" King Harvey squealed excitedly. "Your majesty, you can end your search for the unicorns," Professor Coggin-Noggin declared as he hurried into the room. "Why would I do that?" King Harvey demanded. "Because unicorns do not exist," Professor Coggin-Noggin replied. "They're only found in fairy tales. I've done my research. And I am the smartest person in Leononia." "I beg your pardon?" King Harvey squeaked angrily. "Other than you, of course," Professor Coggin-Noggin corrected himself. Princess Pulverizer rolled her eyes. If Professor Coggin-Noggin was the smartest

“皇家大学的柯金-诺金教授。 我必须跟国王谈谈独角兽的事。” 粉碎公主和她的朋友们紧张地交换了一下眼色。 “进!”哈维国王兴奋地尖叫起来。 “陛下，你可以停止寻找独角兽了。”柯金-诺金教授说着匆匆走进房间。 “我为什么要那么做？”哈维国王问道。 “因为独角兽不存在。”柯金-诺金教授回答。 “它们只存在于童话故事中。 我做过调查。我是莱昂尼亚最聪明的人。” “你说什么？”哈维国王生气地尖声说。 “当然，除了你。”柯金-诺金教授纠正自己。 粉碎机公主翻了个白眼。 如果考金-诺金教授是最聪明的

man in Leononia, this place was in trouble. Because unicorns did exist. But she didn't say that. She'd learned her lesson. The unicorns were safer if folks thought they were make-believe. "Now that the unicorn question has been settled, we'll be on our way," she said instead. "You aren't going anywhere!" King Harvey told her. "You're still in trouble. You came to my banquet under false pretenses. You're no princess." "She is," Lucas insisted. "She's just a different kind of princess. She's more like a

利昂尼亚的男人，这个地方有麻烦了。 因为独角兽确实存在。 但她没有这么说。她得到了教训。 如果人们认为独角兽是虚构的，它们就会更安全。 “既然独角兽的问题已经解决了，我们就要上路了，”她说。 “你哪儿也不能去！”哈维国王告诉她。 “你还是有麻烦。你假意来参加我的宴会。 你不是公主。”“是的，”卢卡斯坚持说。 “她只是一个不同的公主。 她更像是一个

knight." "She's more like an enemy," King Harvey corrected him. "I don't trust any of you. So I'm going to keep you where you can't hurt me—in the dungeon!" A bead of nervous perspiration dripped from the princess's upper lip. Oh no! She'd broken one of her father's knights' most important rules: Never let your enemies see you sweat. The princess started to wipe her face with her hand, but Dribble kindly handed her his handkerchief. The princess used the cloth to wipe away the beads of sweat that had formed just below her nose. Suddenly she smelled flowers—Queen Anne's lace, lavender, yarrow, and foxglove. How strange. There wasn't a single blossom in the room. But there were flowers outside the castle walls. By holding Dribble's magic handkerchief near her nose, Princess

骑士。”“她更像是一个敌人，”哈维国王纠正他。 “我不相信你们任何人。 所以我要把你关在你伤害不了我的地方——地牢里！”一颗紧张的汗珠从公主的上唇滴了下来。 噢,不!她违反了父亲的骑士最重要的一条规矩：永远不要让敌人看到你流汗。 公主开始用手擦脸，但滴水好心地把手帕递给了她。 公主用这块布擦去鼻子下面的汗珠。 突然，她闻到了花香——安妮女王的花边、薰衣草、蓍草和毛地黄。 多么奇怪。房间里没有一朵花。 但是城堡的墙外开满了花。 公主，把小球的魔法手帕放在她鼻子附近